Governance

Governance

Community Interest Company (CIC)

Kernow Health is a Community Interest Company and is owned by all the GP Practices in Cornwall, who are also its shareholders. We aim to support general practice and the newly established and emerging Primary Care Networks. Although not strictly ‘not for profit’, our purpose is to secure sufficient profit in order to invest back into the community for the benefit of primary care.

Our business is regulated by the Community Interest Companies Regulator and we are CQC registered.

We hold a number of NHS contracts with a variety of commissioners including NHS Kernow, NHS England and Health Education England. These include Cornwall NHS 111 Integrated Urgent Care Service, the School Immunisations service, elements of the Children and Young People Eating Disorder Service and the Cornwall Training Hub.

Our Board has a number of key sub-committees that provide assurance that we are delivering safe, effective and responsive care, these include Finance and Remuneration, Governance, which includes Business Continuity and Planning and Health and Safety; Information Governance and Integrated Urgent Care Service (IUCS) Management Board. Sat below the IUCS Management Board is the Quality Assurance Group, Safeguarding Committee and Clinical Governance Committee. These are detailed within our Board Assurance Framework.

Articles of Association

The Company’s new Articles of Association were adopted in 2018.  You can find the articles here.

Board Managed

Kernow Health CIC is managed by a Board of Directors made up of GP representatives nominated by their locality, a GP Chair, who is elected annually from the Board membership, a GP Medical Director, non-clinical Managing Partner Non-Executive Directors and an Independent Non-Executive Director. The Board delegate the day to day management of the business to the Chief Executive Officer, supported by the Board Chair, Medical Director, a GP Strategic Adviser and the Senior Management Team.

Each year an Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is held to approve any resolutions and discuss future challenges and the strategic direction of the business.

Board Meetings

Our Board meets every month to discuss the overall strategy and business of the Company. Although the meetings are closed meetings, the Board want to work in an open and transparent way and therefore you will find agendas and minutes of these meetings here.

Our Members

Kernow Health CIC – “Eligible Practices” (as referred to in our Articles of Association).